| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |